The contract was signed at SubOptic 2019 by H2 CEO Georges Krebs.
April 10, 2019
H2 Cable and SubCom have signed the contract for the supply and installation of the H2 submarine cable system. The cable will be the first to connect Australia and Hong Kong with direct access to China. The cable design also allows for a number of branching units that can be deployed to locations including Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Island, Guam, Queensland, Hawaii and Los Angeles.
Subsea cable company SubCom will install the first direct link from Australia to Hong Kong.
SubCom is commissioned to build the $380 million subsea cable by Singapore-based H2 Cable. The cable is said to be due for completion in 2022 and also includes a possible trans-Pacific branch to Los Angeles that will provide optimal diversity with existing Hawaiki subsea cable system.
